Net-Based Training for Physicians

Competency-based training for physicians: are we doing no harm?

Specialist training programs for African physicians.

789 www.cmj.hr Many African countries are liberal in accepting medical degrees and specialist qualifications acquired abroad. This in part stems from the lack of training programs on the African continent that can supply the required or near the required numbers of doctors to serve the populations. As the majority of African states are English-speaking, academic and professional qualifications ...

Low back pain assessment training of industry-based physicians.

We have developed an educational program to train industry-based physicians in a new low back pain assessment procedure based on the recommendation of The Clinical Practice Guidelines on Acute Low Back Pain Problems in Adults published by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The clinical classification system based on the findings from th...

The Training of Good Physicians

PHYSIOLOGY OF BONE. By Janet M. Vaughan, D.M., F.R.C.P. (Pp. 323. £5 boards, £2.50 paper). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970. THE author of this valuable book, Dame Janet Vaughan, is one of the most respected and beloved of Britain's women scientists. Until recently she was Principal of Somerville College Oxford, and the Honorary, but very active, Director of a flourishing M.R.C. Group in Oxford wo...

Rationale for Obstetrics Training for Family Medicine Physicians

In the United States, according to almost every measure, we do not have enough trained maternity care providers to meet the need. Family physicians are the logical choice to help provide that care, particularly in underserved settings. Advanced training through family medicine obstetrics fellowship programs has proven successful in preparing physicians to provide the full scope of maternity car...